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    • jimpJ Offline
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      Just use a large enough subnet to accommodate your users * 4. So in your case, ~512*4=2048 IPs, So a /21 or a /20's worth of IPs in any of the private blocks would work.

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        Nachtfalke
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        Hi,

        I noticed some problems with "Client Specific overrides".

        I am using an OpenVPN Server with Tunnel Network 10.0.1.0/24

        I tried with Client specific override tunnel network of 10.0.2.120/30

        The Client could connect to the server but got no access. Thats ok, because of the wrong subnet.
        Ok, I then deleted the complete client specific override for this clien/CN, restarted the OpenVPN Server but the client still got the IP of the 10.0.2.120/30 subnet.

        I created again an client specific override for this client/CN and didn't choose any tunnel network (so it used the servers default) and then it conneted fine and got an IP of the 10.0.1.0/24 subnet.

        Did I something wrong ?!

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          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Yes, the static IPs for overrides must be within the tunnel network.

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            Nachtfalke
            last edited by

            @jimp:

            Yes, the static IPs for overrides must be within the tunnel network.

            Yes, I wrote that in my previous post I think.

            What I want so say is:

            If I create an override for a client the override is working.
            If I delete the override completely, than the override still exists.

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            • jimpJ Offline
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              You have to restart OpenVPN after editing or deleting an override, IIRC. It doesn't restart them automatically.

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                Nachtfalke
                last edited by

                @jimp:

                You have to restart OpenVPN after editing or deleting an override, IIRC. It doesn't restart them automatically.

                Thanks. Good to know that but I restarted the OpenVPN Server after I did any changes.

                โ€“-- EDIT ----

                I tested it again:

                Restarting OpenVPN Server
                OpenVPN-Server Tunnel Network is: 10.0.1.0/24
                Client Specific Override Tunnel Network: 10.0.1.180/30
                Restarting OpenVPN Server
                Connecting Client
                This is working. Clients IP is after connecting to the server: 10.0.1.181/30
                Disconnecting client
                Deleting Client specific override
                Restarting server
                Connecting Client
                This is working. Client IP is still 10.0.1.181/30

                I attached some screenshots.

                OpenVPN-Server.JPG
                OpenVPN-Server.JPG_thumb
                Override.JPG
                Override.JPG_thumb
                OVPN-IP.JPG
                OVPN-IP.JPG_thumb

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                • jimpJ Offline
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Does the file for that cn still exist in /var/etc/openvpn-csc?

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                    Nachtfalke
                    last edited by

                    Yes ist does exist:

                    ifconfig-push 10.0.1.181 10.0.1.182
                    
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                    • jimpJ Offline
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      I just pushed a fix, should be in new snaps soon

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                        Nachtfalke
                        last edited by

                        Hi,
                        it is working now for me now as expected.
                        I am using 2.0-RC3 (amd64) built on Thu Jul 28 05:40:09 EDT 2011

                        Thanks jimp!

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